Philippe Biamby
Philippe Biamby (born September 21, 1952 ) was a member of the High Command of the Haiti Military Forces ( Forces Armées d'Haïti (FADH)), Chief of Staff of the Haitian Army and Deputy of Raoul Cédras during the military rule from 1991 to 1994 in Haiti.
General Philippe Biamby was charged with participating in the Raboteau massacre carried out by military and paramilitary forces on April 24, 1994 , in which an estimated 20 people were killed. As a member of the High Command of the Haiti Military Forces (FADH), Biamby was seen as the initiator and chief responsible for the massacre.
When the US armed forces arrived in Haiti in September 1994, Biamby fled to Panama , where he was granted political asylum. An extradition request from Haiti in 1998 was not followed.
Philippe Biamby was charged in 2000 for his involvement in the Raboteau massacre and sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by a Haitian court on November 16, 2000.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philippe Biamby. In: TRIAL Watch . Archived from the original on April 16, 2013 ; accessed on August 19, 2018 .
- ^ Andrew Reding: Democracy and Human Rights in Haiti. ( Memento of January 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) World Policy Institute, World Policy Report March 2004
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| SURNAME | Biamby, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Haitian military, member of the High Command of the Haiti Military Forces |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1952 |